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According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially down 0.57%, the S&P 500 index down 0.04%, and the Nasdaq up 0.04%. NXP Semiconductors surged 25%, NVIDIA fell 1.8%, Qualcomm rose 4%, and Intel increased by 12%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down 0.63%, with Baidu down 3.7% and iQIYI up 4.5%.

According to Jinshi reports, Brad Conger, the Chief Investment Officer of Hirtle & Co., stated that a small-scale dispute broke out within the FOMC today, with dissenters leaning towards a tightening policy stance, which sets the direction for the "struggle" for the incoming chair. The bond market has been pricing in this scenario for several weeks, and Conger believes that, based on strong growth in private consumption and business investment, the hawks will have the upper hand in this contest.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that whether consumption will decline to offset the impact of inflation remains an unresolved issue.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the current easing tendency may be reconsidered at the next meeting.

According to Jinshi News, Tony Welch, Chief Investment Officer of Signature FD in Atlanta, stated that the market's reaction to the Federal Reserve's decisions is not significant, as signals have basically been released in advance. He pointed out that the current environment does not urgently require interest rate cuts, and the bond market has noticed a slow decline in the probability of rate cuts, with interest rates trending upward. Welch believes that unless there is an economic deterioration, the threshold for raising interest rates remains very high.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that before considering lowering interest rates, he definitely wants to first look at the other side of energy and tariffs.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that long-term inflation expectations are consistent with the 2% target.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the economic outlook is highly uncertain.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index continued to decline after the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, with the latest drop of 0.22%; the Nasdaq index recently fell by 0.24%.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve FOMC statement indicates that the developments in the Middle East have increased uncertainty in the economic outlook.

On-chain data from Arkham shows that the Vitalik Buterin address (0xAb5...) is intensively selling various Meme tokens, with a transfer frequency reaching several times per minute. The fund flow indicates a continuous inflow of ETH during the same period.The market generally speculates that he is using automated scripts to batch liquidate the airdrop junk tokens in the wallet. The amount per transaction is generally in the range of tens to hundreds of dollars. This type of operation is not the first time. In 2021, Vitalik sold or donated a large number of Meme coins (including SHIB, etc.) that were airdropped to his address, causing significant market fluctuations. It is currently unclear whether this operation is manually triggered or entirely executed by automated programs. Given the market influence of the Vitalik address, holders of related Meme coins need to pay attention to potential selling pressure risks.

According to Crowdfund Insider, Ripple and the digital asset trading platform Bullish announced an expansion of their long-term partnership, with Bullish's Bitcoin options market opening to Ripple Prime institutional clients.According to the announcement from both parties, this integration will allow Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullish's regulated BTC options market. Bullish stated that its platform is currently the second largest cryptocurrency settlement Bitcoin options market in the world by open interest and supports spot, perpetual contracts, and futures trading.In addition, both parties revealed that OKX has reached a strategic partnership with Ripple to introduce the stablecoin RLUSD (Ripple USD) in the compliant market. Ripple Prime, as one of the largest non-bank prime brokers globally, has exceeded a clearing scale of $30 trillion in 2025 and can provide multi-asset brokerage, clearing, and financing services.

Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han recently stated in an interview with The Block that the integration of AI and Web3 is accelerating efficiency improvements in the industry. The company has fully opened AI enterprise accounts for team members and is widely applying them in scenarios such as coding and development, significantly enhancing overall productivity.On this basis, the product iteration pace has been drastically compressed from "updates every few weeks" to "daily updates." Meanwhile, Web3 provides AI agents with automated payment capabilities, achieving low-cost and high-efficiency fund settlement through on-chain protocols. AI has also become an important tool for dealing with vast on-chain assets, capable of quickly completing liquidity screening and trading path optimization based on instructions.When discussing compliance and industry competition, Dr. Han pointed out that current crypto trading platforms have become homogenized in terms of product experience, but intense competition continues to drive overall service level improvements. Gate has currently achieved regulatory coverage in 81 jurisdictions worldwide, with compliant operations covering 46 states in the United States, and has obtained the European MiCA license, which covers 29 European markets, while also obtaining relevant licenses in Dubai, Japan, and Australia. Blockchain is gradually evolving from a single cryptocurrency carrier to an infrastructure that supports diverse assets.Dr. Han believes that with the ongoing integration of AI and Web3, Gate is continuously optimizing user experience and extending the platform into broader everyday use scenarios.

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the list of grants and ecosystem support projects for the first quarter of 2026, focusing on cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), protocol security, and core infrastructure development, continuously strengthening the Ethereum underlying technology stack and long-term scalability.This quarter's funding covers several key areas. At the protocol and client level, projects include optimizations for the Geth and Erigon clients, upgrades to the Lighthouse client, and the development of network monitoring tools after the Pectra upgrade, with a focus on improving network performance and attack resistance. Additionally, projects such as HSM key management, the validator security tool Vero, and the DISC-NG node discovery mechanism have also received support to enhance node-level reliability and institutional compliance capabilities.In the areas of cryptography and ZK, the foundation continues to invest in projects such as the analysis of the Poseidon hash function, research on Gröbner basis attacks, exploration of quantum-resistant and homomorphic mixed encryption, and formal verification of RISC-V zkVM, further strengthening the security boundaries of zero-knowledge proofs and cryptographic infrastructure.In terms of the developer ecosystem, the BuidlGuidl education system upgrade, ERC standard community building, WalletConnect clear signature library, and Open Creator Rails toolchain are continuously advancing to lower development barriers and enhance user interaction security. Meanwhile, L2BEAT continues to provide transparency analysis for Layer 2, strengthening the data infrastructure for scaling ecosystems.Furthermore, the foundation supports privacy technologies (such as Tor integration and Privacy Pool SDK), decentralized identity (did:ethr standard upgrade), DAO governance research, and public goods experimental projects, covering a complete ecological structure from the protocol layer to the application layer. Overall, this round of funding continues Ethereum's long-term investment in the three core directions of "cryptography + ZK + protocol engineering," emphasizing the support for future multi-layer scaling and institutional-level application implementation through infrastructure and standardization development.

According to Gate market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.04%, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.07%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 0.28%. NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O) rose by 21.7% due to its strong second-quarter earnings guidance. As a result, ON Semiconductor (ON.O) rose by 6.4%, and Microchip Technology (MCHP.O) rose by 4.8%. Silicon Motion (SIMO.O) rose by 35%, as its first-quarter performance and second-quarter guidance significantly exceeded expectations.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch the AIGENSYNUSDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026, at 14:15 (UTC), with a maximum leverage of 20 times.The contract is settled in USDT, with a minimum trading unit of 1 AIGENSYN, a minimum nominal value of 5 USDT, and the funding rate is settled every 4 hours. Futures copy trading will also be available within 24 hours of the launch.

The Binance futures platform will launch the AIGENSYNUSDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026, at 22:15, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times. This contract will support a multi-asset model, allowing users to use assets other than USDT as margin for trading.

According to the official announcement, Coinbase will launch perpetual contract trading for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ARM (ARM), Intel (INTC), Micron (MU), and SanDisk (SNDK) on April 29, 2026.The AMD-PERP, ARM-PERP, INTC-PERP, MU-PERP, and SNDK-PERP markets will open after meeting liquidity conditions.

OKX will officially launch the AIUSDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026, at 20:00. The contract underlying is AI/USDT, with a leverage range of 0.01 to 20 times, and trading will be available 24/7. Users can participate in trading through the web, app, and API.